[rescue] off-topic but advice needed for the involuntary hardware upgrade for Win 11?

[chris t]

john ferguson via rescue wrote:
> I'm presently running Windows 10, Ubuntu 22.04, and Debian on two HP 
> Elite 8300s, with Nvidia GTX 1070s, one at home and one at the shop.  
> I have synology DS216's in each location eachwith 8TB plus removable 
> USB drives to back them up monthly and store them disconnected.
>
> They have been fast enough for what I do and I would not change them 
> unless I'm forced to - ie the end of Windows 10.
Disclaimer -- I haven't tried any of this personally.

Microsoft's been scrubbing this information, and it may stop working, 
but it was possible to install Windows 11 on unsupported hardware, which 
many people have reported doing.  The Elite 8300 appears to have TPM 
1.2, so it's possible to install with slightly-tweaked installation 
media: 
https://web.archive.org/web/20241212193416/https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/ways-to-install-windows-11-e0edbbfb-cfc5-4011-868b-2ce77ac7c70e

It may also be possible to use a long term support release or IoT 
version of Windows 10 -- there are various communities and forum posts 
dedicated to the idea.  I personally used Win7 Embedded to run my 
television for a long time, by buying a device that came with a key.